TERMITES PROM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Measurements — con t iniied . mm 
I’l'onotum, lono' .. 0 -30 0-40 
wide .. .. .. 0-ri7 0-64 
Wino's, forewino’s, long . , _ (;.4o 7.00 
wide .. .. 1-80 -1-88 
„ hmdwings, long .. 5 ’75-6 -00 
^ ... ,, wide .. .. 1-82-1 -93 
Tibia iii, long . . . . . . ()-3() 
Abdomen, wide .. .. .. ()-85 
Soldier. 
Similar to M. glaclms, 11. sp. but lighter in colour, head a little 
longer and Muder, labriim and giila longer and wider, anteclyjieiis 
larger and produced in the middle. If differs from M. twmeri 
(hrogg.) in having a smaller, paler, narrower and shallower head, 
the sides of which are less rounded, the antennae and mandibles 
more slender ; and from M. exeisus Mjiib. in its smaller size, Ac. 
Meas urements . — • 
Total length 
Head, with mandibles, long . 
,, without mandibles, Ion 
,, wide 
,, deep 
(lula, at narrowest part, wide 
Antennae (13-jointed) 
Pronotiim, long 
,, wide 
Tibia iii, long 
mm. 
4-27 
2-16 
1-36 
0-91 
0-74 
0-23 
1-10 1-20 
0-34 
0-57 
0-73 
Worker. 
Co/our.- -Head chamois, deepening to clay colour behind the 
transverse suture ; transverse suture and a large spot at junction 
of transverse and frontal sutures whitish ; antennae and pronotum 
same colour as postclypeus, the latter with a small ferruginous spot 
at each end. 
Head.— Longer than wide, widest iri front, slightly narrowed to 
the rounded jiosterior margin, with scanty strong reddish setae. 
Postclypeus small, about one-half as long as wide (0-221 x 0‘425), 
strongly convex, median suture not well defined ; anteclypeus about 
half as long as ])ostclypeus, hyaline, anterior margin produced in 
middle. Labrum short, not as long as clypeus, narrowed at base, 
very wide in middle, rounded in front. Antennae 13-jointed. 
Thorax. Pronotum very short, moderately wide, with scanty 
long refldish setae, anterior margin sharply bent up and deeply 
emarginate, anterolateral angles produced, sides sloping to the 
strongly emarginate rounded posterior margin. 
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